Integer underflow in wolfSSL packet sniffer <= 5.9.0 allows an attacker to cause a program crash in the AEAD decryption path by injecting a TLS record shorter than the explicit IV plus authentication tag into traffic inspected by ssl_DecodePacket. The underflow wraps a 16-bit length to a large value that is passed to AEAD decryption routines, causing a large out-of-bounds read and crash. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger this remotely via malformed TLS Application Data records.
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Description Integer underflow in wolfSSL packet sniffer <= 5.9.0 allows an attacker to cause a program crash in the AEAD decryption path by injecting a TLS record shorter than the explicit IV plus authentication tag into traffic inspected by ssl_DecodePacket. The underflow wraps a 16-bit length to a large value that is passed to AEAD decryption routines, causing a large out-of-bounds read and crash. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger this remotely via malformed TLS Application Data records.
Title Integer underflow leads to out-of-bounds access in sniffer ChaCha decrypt path.
Weaknesses CWE-191
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: wolfSSL

Published: 2026-04-09T21:45:09.053Z

Updated: 2026-04-09T21:45:09.053Z

Reserved: 2026-04-08T08:25:15.400Z

Link: CVE-2026-5778

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-09T22:16:37.097

Modified: 2026-04-09T22:16:37.097

Link: CVE-2026-5778

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